45.4669° N, 9.1900° E
MILANO
Most Famous People Born in Milano, Italy
- Notable people
- 5,707
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1931
- Most distinctive
- Entrepreneur 3.6×
Italy's working capital, in every sense. Milano's distinctive professions are entrepreneurs, architects, journalists, and the priests and archbishops of one of Christendom's oldest sees — the trades of the city that runs Italian publishing, design, and football all at once. The notable births stretch back to a Roman ancestor of the city, but the centre of mass is squarely in the postwar decades, and the actor and footballer benches are both among the deepest in Italy.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Milano during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Milano Is Known For
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Football is Milano's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (604).
Milano over-indexes on entrepreneur — 3.6× the global rate.
Milano under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Milano's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Other
Raffaele De Grada
1885 - 1957
Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis
1800 - 1853
Raul Cremona
Born 1956
Franko B
Born 1960
Giovanni Angelo Arcimboldi
1485 - 1555
Giuseppina Morlacchi
1836 - 1886
Filippo Picinelli
1604 - 1679
Sandra Ravel
1910 - 1954
Bassi Maestro
Born 1973
Giacomo Ricci
Born 1985
Luigi Premazzi
1814 - 1891
Luigi Fenaroli
1899 - 1980
Joseph Janni
1916 - 1994
Francesco Panigarola
1548 - 1594
Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
1904 - 1970
Giuseppe Gorani
1740 - 1819
Giovanni Barrella
1884 - 1967
Ferdinando Bocconi
1836 - 1908
Luca Anania
Born 1980
Ernia
Born 1993
Alessandro Casati
1881 - 1955
Manfredo Camperio
1826 - 1899
Giuseppe Archinto
1651 - 1712
Giovanni Perricelli
Born 1967
Giorgio Vanni
Born 1963
Oscar Brevi
Born 1967
Lorenzo Dickmann
Born 1996
Gil Cuppini
1924 - 1996
Riccardo Bauer
1896 - 1982
Laura Garrone
Born 1967
Pietro Bianchi (gymnast)
1883 - 1965
Nicky Mondellini
Born 1966
Marco Praga
1862 - 1929
Carlo Gaetano Stampa
1667 - 1742
Andrea Kerbaker
Born 1960
Simona Paggi
Born 1962
Luigi Ballerini
Born 1940
Simon Barjie
Born 1978
Stelio Frati
1919 - 2010
Antonio Trivulzio, seniore
1457 - 1508
Giulio Prinetti
1851 - 1908
Paola Calvetti
Born 1958
Orazio Mariani
1915 - 1981
Rita Sangalli
1849 - 1909
Giovanni Antonio Sangiorgio
1439 - 1509
Michele Rocca (footballer)
Born 1996
Giacomo Rho
1593 - 1638
Luigi Montini
Born 1934
Filippo Negroli
1510 - 1579
Gino D'Antonio
1927 - 2006
Giovanni Gozzi
1902 - 1976
Vittorio Gelmetti
1926 - 1992
Luciano Anceschi
1911 - 1995
Umberto Simonetta
1926 - 1998
Pier Silvio Berlusconi
Born 1969
Fiorella Terenzi
Born 1961
Mauro Boselli (auteur)
Born 1953
Giulio Donnini
Born 1924
Giovanni Franceschi
Born 1963
Giulio Carcano
1812 - 1884
Alessandro Genovesi
Born 1973
Vittorio Gnecchi
1876 - 1954
Vittorio Lingiardi
Born 1960
Maria Luisa Busi
Born 1964
Paolo Romani
Born 1947
Anna Carena
1899 - 1990
Elisabetta Visconti
1374 - 1432
Baldassarre Capra
1580 - 1626
Giuseppe Meda
1534 - 1599
Giovanni Visconti Venosta
1831 - 1906
Paolo Cozzi
Born 1980
Franziska Scanagatta
1776 - 1865
Clara Moroni
Born 1964
Maria Eisner
1909 - 1991
Stefano Visconti
1288 - 1327
Giovanni Castiglione (cardinal)
1420 - 1460
Ettore Conti
1871 - 1972
Grido (rapper)
Born 1979
Eugenia Maria Ravasco
1845 - 1900
Antonio Eugenio Visconti
1713 - 1788
Claudio Lippi
Born 1945
Agostino Trivulzio
1485 - 1548
Nello Pagani
1911 - 2003
Claudio Rocchi
1951 - 2013
Pietro Teulié
1763 - 1807
Nicola Monti
1920 - 1993
Cletto Arrighi
1830 - 1906
Xabier Iriondo
Born 1971
Giuseppe Zappella
Born 1973
Carlo Visconti (cardinal)
1523 - 1565
Roberto Weiss
1906 - 1969
Giovanni Ghisolfi
1623 - 1683
Filippo Decio
1454 - 1535
Paolo Baratta (homme politique)
Born 1939
Arturo Ferrari
1861 - 1932
Emanuela Pacotto
Born 1965
Maria Pierina
1890 - 1945
Maria Zanoli
1896 - 1977
Abbondio Sangiorgio
1798 - 1879
Lucio Pozzi
Born 1935
Emilio Broglio
1814 - 1892
Valentina Diouf
Born 1993
Francesco Gnecchi
1847 - 1919
Gustavo Re
1908 - 1979
Ivana Monti
Born 1947
Marcello Foa
Born 1963
Arturo Buzzi-Peccia
1854 - 1943
Elena Aprile
Born 1954
Carlo Agostoni
1909 - 1972
Giulio Roma
1584 - 1652
Italo Terzoli
1924 - 2008
Silvia Annichiarico
Born 1947
Enrico Magenes
1923 - 2010
Giuseppina Bozzacchi
1853 - 1870
Pietro Moscati
1739 - 1824
Matteo Bobbi
Born 1978
Lucia Visconti
1372 - 1424
Marcello Catalano
Born 1975
Giulio Superti-Furga
Born 1962
Patricia Burke
1916 - 2003
Diana Est
Born 1963
Paolo Torrisi
1951 - 2005
Samuel Mazzuchelli
1806 - 1864
Tommaso Gallarati Scotti
1878 - 1966
Valeria Montaldi
Born 1949
Filippo Baldi
Born 1996
Diana Maggi
Born 1927
Mario Arcelli
1935 - 2004
Massimo Carminati
Born 1958
Vittorio Ghielmi
Born 1968
Valentina Visconti, Queen of Cyprus
1367 - 1393
Giulia Niccolai
Born 1934
Renzo Minoli
1904 - 1965
Giancarlo Bergamini
1926 - 2020
Diego Coletti
Born 1941
Lorenzo Allievi
1856 - 1941
Luca Morisi
Born 1991
Giuseppe Rovani
1818 - 1874
Giorgio Rebuffi
1928 - 2014
Carlo Antonio Tavella
1668 - 1738
Giancarlo Brusati
1910 - 2001
Bruno Pellizzari
1907 - 1991
Alda Mangini
1914 - 1954
Bonino Mombrizio
1424 - 1482
Pellegrino Strobel
1821 - 1895
Franco Bontadini
1893 - 1943
Pippo Starnazza
1909 - 1975
Sigismond d'Autriche (1826-1891)
1826 - 1891
Ruggero Ferrario
1897 - 1976
Ludovico Barassi
1873 - 1961
Aurora Galli
Born 1996
Frederic John Goldsmid
1818 - 1908
Benedict (bishop of Milan)
Died 725
Pupo De Luca
1926 - 2006
Carlo Castellaneta
1930 - 2013
Gioacchino Guaragna
1908 - 1971
Aldo Finzi (composer)
1897 - 1945
Antonio Busca (painter)
1625 - 1686
Emidio De Felice
1918 - 1993
Luca Comerio
1878 - 1940
Bruno De Filippi
1930 - 2010
Gian Emilio Malerba
1880 - 1926
Christoforo Borri
1583 - 1632
Gino Zappa
1879 - 1960
Roberto Battaglia
1909 - 1965
Riccardo Allegretti
Born 1978
Luigi Carpaneda
1925 - 2011
Walter Maioli
Born 1950
Davide Mengacci
Born 1948
Matilda Koen-Sarano
Born 1939
Bruno Bigoni
Born 1950
Bruno Bolchi
Born 1940
Mario Chiesa (politician)
Born 1944
Willy Pasini
Born 1938
Agnese del Maino
1411 - 1465
Amedeo Amodio
Born 1940
Andrea Schenetti
Born 1991
Annibale Fontana
1540 - 1587
Furio Di Castri
Born 1955
Giuseppe Brentano
1862 - 1889
Simone Colombo
Born 1963
Giovanni Agosti
Born 1961
Andrea Nuti
Born 1967
Rodolfo Morandi
1903 - 1955
Jula De Palma
Born 1932
Alio Die
Born 1968
Emanuele Fiano
Born 1963
Andrea Lo Vecchio
Born 1942
Giuseppe Domenichelli
1887 - 1955
Adriano Buzzati-Traverso
1913 - 1983
Giovanni Rajberti
1805 - 1861
Vera Vigevani Jarach
Born 1928
Ambrogio Buonvicino
1552 - 1622
Roberta Mazzoni (Drehbuchautorin)
Born 1951
Roberto Civita
1936 - 2013
Giuseppe Ciribini
1913 - 1990
Grazia Nidasio
1931 - 2018
Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli
1822 - 1879
Elena Maria Bonfanti
Born 1988
Simone D'Andrea
Born 1973
Italo Galbiati
Born 1937
Carlo Mancini
1829 - 1910
Charles Waddington (philosopher)
1819 - 1914
Paola Pezzaglia
1889 - 1925
Rosina Ferrario
1888 - 1957
Carlo Imbonati
1753 - 1805
Corrado Sanguineti
Born 1964
Giorgia Surina
Born 1975
Vittorio Strada
1929 - 2018
Silvio Pietroboni
1904 - 1987
Roberto Sanesi
1930 - 2001
Ernesta Legnani Bisi
1788 - 1859
Gasparo Cairano
1489 - 1517
Giovanni Sottocornola
1855 - 1917
Carlo IV. Borromeo
1657 - 1734
Andrea Sironi
Born 1964
Rinaldo da Concorezzo
1250 - 1321
Cecilia Chailly
Born 1960
Franco Bassani
1929 - 2008
Luciana Savignano
Born 1943
Eugenio Cavallini
1806 - 1881
Giulio Confalonieri
1896 - 1972
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Born 1947
Riccardo Pellegrini
1863 - 1934
Lia Orlandini
1896 - 1979
Carlo Grua
1700 - 1773
Stefano Raffaele
Born 1970
Gianfranco Bettetini
1933 - 2017
Susanna Camusso
Born 1955
Giuliana Fiorentino Tedeschi
1914 - 2010
Giuseppe Palanti
1881 - 1946
Landulf Junior
1077 - 1137
Giovanni Antonio Lecchi
1702 - 1776
Filippo Meda
1869 - 1939
Ludovico Simoneta
1500 - 1568
Gino Cassinis
1885 - 1964
Stefano Zuffi
Born 1961
Luca Leonardi
Born 1991
Antonietta Dell'Era
1860 - 1945
Andrea Gessa
Born 1980
Edoardo Sonzogno
1836 - 1920
Vincenzo Pappalettera
1919 - 1998
Ginevra Bompiani
Born 1939
Rodolfo Aricò
1930 - 2002
Enrico Platé
1909 - 1954
Adelaide Tosi
1800 - 1859
Alberto Veronesi
Born 1967
Francesco Fernandi
1679 - 1740
Gino Bianco
1916 - 1984
Remo Bianco
1922 - 1988
Diego Mancino
Born 1970
Livio Castiglioni
1911 - 1979
Chiara Iezzi
Born 1973
Gianluigi Saccaro
Born 1938
Marcello Varallo
Born 1947
Cesare Pasini
Born 1950
Michelangelo Frammartino
Born 1968
Edgardo Toetti
1910 - 1968
Giorgio Salvini
1920 - 2015
Andrea Maccoppi
Born 1987
Elio Ragni
1910 - 1998
Federico Caccia
1635 - 1699
Arnaldo Carli
1901 - 1972
Oreste Rizzini
1940 - 2008
Gian Pietro Lucini
1867 - 1914
Michelangelo Grancini
1605 - 1669
Carlo Yvon
1798 - 1854
Jules Danilo
Born 1995
Emilio Sala (sculptor)
1864 - 1920
Fabio Treves
Born 1949
Regina Baresi
Born 1991
Anna Brandoli
Born 1945
Sabba da Castiglione
1480 - 1554
Giuseppe Prisco (football)
1921 - 2001
Monica Sabolo
Born 1971
Giuseppe Marcora
1841 - 1927
Pietro Paolo Borrono
1490 - 1570
Gianni Bonadonna
1934 - 2015
Achille Alberti
1860 - 1943
Edoardo Stoppa
Born 1969
Carlo Rancati
Born 1940
Ferdinando Tacconi
1922 - 2006
Giovanni Francesco Stoppani
1695 - 1774
Angelo Zorzi
1890 - 1974
Roberto Del Giudice
1940 - 2007
Nuto Navarrini
1901 - 1973
Pietro Borsieri
1788 - 1852
Urbano Monti
1544 - 1613
Lorenzo G. Vidino
Born 2010
Sofia Fuoco
1830 - 1916
Amalia Brugnoli
1802 - 1892
Elisabetta Spinelli
Born 1968
Lorenzo Scattorin
Born 1971
Marina Perzy
Born 1955
Claudio Moneta
Born 1967
Aldo Pontremoli
1896 - 1928
Marco Balzano
Born 1978
Barbara Garlaschelli
Born 1965
Andrea Fumagalli (economista)
Born 1959
Giovanni Archinto
1736 - 1799